Tilting side-dump car.



C. H.- CLARK,

TILTING SIDE DUMP CAR, wucmmu FILIED JULY 30,191.e..

Patented May 9,1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET WiTNEQ'SES c. H. CLARK. I TILTING SIDE DUMP CAR. APPLICATION I'ILED JULY 30 I943.

v Patented May 9,1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 wrmssszzs Emu-wok In I H I c H. CLARK. TILTING SIDE DUMP CAR. APPLICATIONFILED IULY 20, 191.3.

Patented May 9, 1916... Q

3 SHEETS -SHEET 3- faYcitizex of the United fitatos, and resident of Craftonyin th oounty of Allegheny and i State of Ponnsylvaniag, hav'ednvented. cernggefarodfto aiji fixed portion df tim tingWhe" desired move" Kinonii al positionyin full p iprifght .transver'se frame of e wail-formingdiaphragm. o o i v Am ga omflofi,?1?miiisYmAm I v r; rrm rsnmsm-qrmmmiwimm, 4.5. ,COEEGRATIDN or? mw I inclined, as; shown in dotted. lines in ew lgahd useful Improvements :in Tilttod mans for tiltingqa sidedump cor,

chahiszh gboiiiggpi'eforablys embodied o eduction or wwinch "eachfiatoh head 13 isalilarm 16 pivoigei at s3a-iduiink being pivokedrtofii ii dependiit gr o from the undorframe and. adapted to direct; J

153mg mechanism being .1 es onci 'iifjduxiipinlfipositionindottci of Fig; 4.1 Fig: 8 is a fvertioal 0s section'l bifaprtiohjbf one end of the the bearing the (ii 'uwings '2 dsignats a po'fiterfsillslof the car un support/8am each end of the tilting the body I through "the trunnions iodiied at tho ;center of rocking. 1 body and extending therethrou'gh from end [to iid beneath floor 9 is shaft 33, and inf terposed at each en of the cafbody be-' 10, and downwamiiy and o A, Assmiwii ri o cit-mix CAR Patentogi May 1916,:

sis) Sei'iiil iiofimlfifii: y i i i olitvvairdliyi opening "iongituiiinai .sido Walls 01%: doors'llyone of the latter forming a; v

downward. and. outward extension ai flake dumping sideof the car when the boy is 1; Duplicat body-holding latch *mechax' nisms aro'preifembly provided at each side of each rocker, as shown in Fig. L Extending longitudinally thronghihef 111166? frame at the outor sides of girders 2 are shafts 12 w which are secured the hook-iiko latchf heads 13. Shafts l2noxtondio oppo v site ends of the carQaQn secured themeto are the hand lovers, lcwhl 1 ioxteiici upwarolly its) liliper'end tofiboistor 6, the lowerportioni oft-he armbeing slotted at 16 where itnem v braces pin 17 czirrie'dhy thl guide 1ink'1$,r'

pin 17 into and out ofiiiositioh for; engagof latch heads 13 one side or the vibe? mm tilting! in the Wrong, direction; but:

isitckhid pins as wiil boundejrstood.

The mechanism for tilting thesar body andi for controilifigit th 'oughout its cured toa-n'd projecting outwardly from i the opposite em} walis'mfof'the bmiy m,- 95.

immingtmm ions 393ml jouxs' naled on each of these txrumuonsis pinion 31, Fig and 3,- wh-ioh i'izioshes with traps verse horizontal rack 32 at thfimder side 'o'fthe top chord of and frame 3.""Force'f0r is. transmitted ih ereto Journald. in; the tilting tween shaft 33 and binionfil. is aiarain of mounted on journal 34 projeogzing from the 1 1 head 13. Shafts 12 extend. from and to endaof ythe ,undierfmme, so "that all? 39 inoybeT releaseolwbj operating the ajgprdprmto lever 1% Eat either end of ihwoar The; latches at: "the unreleasefl side, remain body end of the car body. Gear wheel of the movement, the body is free to respond ,to

the tilting movement transmitted" through one\of handi'wheels 37. With the mechanism arranged asadesoribed, the dumping mechanisms. are .so connected 'that they operate innnison, tilting movement com- 2 municated atone end of thebody being rectly transmitted to the other end.

in the present adaptation, as in that of my above mentiimed'patent, the center ofgravity of the loaded body lowers during the tilting movement and facilitates the dumping operation. At the same time the center of gravity of the car body itself-rises,

'so that when entirely empty the tendency of the body-is to rock back to upright or horizontal position, thus I automatically righting itself, and automatically relatch- .ing. Wood or other buffer or cushioning dovices 53 may be arranged on the underframe tilted, as shown in Eig. 8 5- and links 57 for checking and limiting the tilting movement, being engaged byt e body when fully 2. v Each of the side doors 11 is hinged at 55 beneath floor 9 and is adapted to swing downwardly and outwardly, forming a chutedike. extension whichv discharges the ladinghway from the track. The 0 'posite doors are connected by the floating ar 56 as .shown and described in -Patent No. 1,00, ,533, October 31, 1911, said bar ba'r throughthe mediumof rollers 60 atop being movable in a double guide '58 having the opposite upstanding curved faces 59 whichco'ntrol or direct the movement of the posits sides of the latter and engaging said jcuryed faces. ,The'doors are operated by the-connectingunechanism as described in i olf the body automatically 0 ening as that -said patent, the door at thedumping side side lowers, and automatica 1y closing as the body when the ,ody is in erect position, and simi- "larly holds the inactive door during .the

dumping operation.

Iclaim: I

1. In a dump car, the combination of an under-frame, upright, end frames,

. rockers supporting the bo'dyon the underframe-between the end frames and on which the body'isadapted to tilt toward either s de of the car, gearing carried by opposite ends of the body with an element of each of said .ments, respectively, mesh.

.ing meshes.

returns to upright position. The connectm mechanism holds the doors closed 55;

a body,

gearings rotatable abou't the axis of tiltingof the body, and racks fixedto the end frames and with which said gearing ele-- 2. In a dump car, the combination of an underframe, an upright end frame, a body, rockers supporting the body on the under:

frame and on which the body is adapted totilt toward either side of the car, body tilting gearing mounted on the end of the bod at the inner side of the end frame, a me fixed to the 'end frame and with which said gearing meshes, a shaft extending from-the gearing to the outer side of the end frame, and an operating wheel at the outer side.

of the end frame and secured tosaid shaft. 1

3. In a dump car, the combination of a.- I

frame, a body mounted to tilt thereon about i a horizontal axis,

said axis being "movable horizontally as the'body tilts, body-tilting gearing mounted body and with. an element of said gearing rotatable about said axis of tilting, and a horizontal rack fixed to the frame and with which said gearing element meshes.

4. In a dump car, the combination of an,

underframe, anupright end frame, a body, rockers supporting the body on the underframe and adapted to tilt the body toward either side of the car,

gearing mounted on on and movable with the and movable with the body, and'a rack fixed to the end frame and 5. In a dump. car, the combination ofan underframe, upright end frames, a body,

rockers. supporting the body on the under frame between the end frames and adapted to tilt the body toward either side of thecar a body-tilting gearing located at each end of the body, and racks fixed to the .end

frames and with which the said gearings,

respectively, mesh. 6i Ina dump car, the :underframe, upright end frames, a body, rockers supporti g the body on the underframe between t to tilt the body toward eitherside of the with which said gear:

e end frames and adapted combination,v of an I car, a shaft extending from end to end of the body, shaft actuating mean s carried by opposite ends of the bod and operatively' connected to said shaft with an element of the gearing at each end rotatable about the axis of tilting of the body, and

- horizontal racks fixed to. the end frames and with which 'said gearing elements mesh. 1

7. Ina dump car, the combination ofan underframe, body, rockers sup underframe and a ward either side orting the body on the apted to tilt the body toof the car, body-tilting atthe outer side oft e .end frame,anda;

gearing an upright .open end frame, a

125, gearing mounted on the end of the body at the inner side of the end frame, a shaft ex l tending from thegearin'gthrough theen'd'v frame and an operatin wheel on said shaftrack fixed 0 the end frame and. with which by'each of said frames, gearing mounteci onseid gearing meshes.-- the body at each end. thereof and. meshin "15 I 1 8.; Inadu Ihp 'ce'r, thefcombinetiorijof Q with the reeks; aLgeering operating she tilting car body, an upright; fiizedr-framegga" mounted onthe body a-nd extending from $5 mack mounted on the frame, gearing moun end 'to end thereof and movable therewith, ed on the car body and meshing-with said." and a hand-Wheel at each'end of the shaft.

rack, I and ejgearing rotating hand-wheel fl In testimony whereof I aflix my signature 2o "mounteg i on 'and' mova ble withthe bod and in presence of two Witnesses.

,projeotin'gftherefiom beneeth the ra e g-cem 10 ryingportion'oftheuprightframe CHARLES L 9. 1114a. dump car,. theeombin tion of Wiinesses:

fixed uprightend frames, 9, tilting car body M '3'. M. NESBIT; unnunbeeimbetqezeen. the frames, a rack carried F. E. GAITHER. 

